President Barack Obama To Travel To Colorado On August 8-9, 2012 *Updated

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO LAY OUT VISION TO RESTORE MIDDLE-CLASS ECONOMIC SECURITY IN COLORADO

CHICAGO-- On Wednesday, August 8, President Obama will kick-off a two-day tour of Colorado with grassroots events in Denver and Grand Junction. On Thursday, August 9, President Obama will deliver remarks at a grassroots event in Pueblo. In Colorado, the President will discuss the choice in this election between two fundamentally different visions on how to create an economy built to last.

The President will discuss his plan to restore middle-class security by paying down our debt in a balanced way that ensures everyone pays their fair share and still invests in the things we need to create jobs and grow our economy over the long term, like education, energy, innovation, and infrastructure. The President will also repeat his call for Congress to act now to give middle-class families some certainty by preventing a scheduled tax increase on 98 percent of Americans, including families across Colorado. During his first term, President Obama has already cut taxes for a typical Colorado family by about $3,900. This has helped families in Colorado afford to send their children to college, buy their first home, pay for health care and child care.